Re: CherryPal

[Daniel Hill]

last time I looked at building a Geode router it was gona cost $500, 
that's alot cheaper
Cheap, fast, good.  Choose any two.

Seriously though, mini-ITX boards are a good base to build your own small,
fanless, Linux appliance.
    

Yeah, but then you've got the hassle of mini-ITX powersupply etc.

ALIX boards from PC-Engines or sokeris boards are a better bet.

I'm considering an ALIX board from nicegear.co.nz to build some
appliance type device myself:

http://nicegear.co.nz/single-board-computers/

They do one with three ethernet ports on it, and it can run an imbedded
linux like voyage linux on a CF card, or (like I want to) you can stick
a microdrive in them and run a full linux distro off a 12V wall wart and
only 5 watts rather than the 50-80 that a mini-ITX does.

The 500Mhz ones are good, fast enough, and reasonably cheap at $240.

Just my 1c worth. :-)